| The Purpose of this Narrative | [13] |
| The Lair of the Outlaws | [17] |
| Piracy and Rough Life on the River | [37] |
| The Harpes—A Terrible Frontier Story | [55] |
| The Harpes—Renewal of the Terror | [83] |
| The Harpes—Big Harpe’s Ride to Death | [107] |
| The Harpes—Mysteries and Fate of Survivors | [139] |
| Mason—Soldier, Pirate, Highwayman | [157] |
| Mason—On the Natchez Trace | [179] |
| Mason—Trapped and Tried | [207] |
| Mason and Harpe—Double-Cross and Double Death | [241] |
| Coiners at the Cave | [267] |
| The Ford’s Ferry Mystery | [283] |
| Paying the Penalty | [307] |
| The Cave in Fiction | [321] |
| Bibliography—Manuscript Sources | [335] |
| Bibliography—Printed Sources | [336] |
| Index | [347] |